Kim Willoughby

Areas of Emphasis

Cases involving the nexus between death and estate planning and divorce

Complex financial cases

Kimberly R. Willoughby has been practicing law in Colorado since 1994, and founded her own firm in 1996. Kim was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, and has been in Colorado since 1986.

Education

Kim graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1992. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia in 1994.

Kim was Articles Editor for the Journal of Law and Politics at the University of Virginia.

Awards and Distinctions

Kim was named by 5280 Magazine as one of the Best Attorneys in Denver for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Kim was named one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Colorado for 2012 and 2013, and one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in Colorado for 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018, by Superlawyers (a publication of 5280 Magazine and Law and Politics).

Kim has been selected to SuperLawyers every year for the last thirteen years (2005-2018)

Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Avvo rated “Superb.”
Tim Gill Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year, 2004. Awarded by the Colorado Business Council.
Featured in Denver Woman Magazine in its June 2009 issue.
AV-Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
Named one of Denver’s top divorce attorneys by Divorce in Denver Magazine, January 2005.
Barrister of the Year, March 2001, awarded by Colorado Legal Initiatives Project.

About Kim

Kim Willoughby lives with her husband and two children in the foothills of Denver West. She spends most of her free time at the skating rink where her son is a long time hockey player, and her daughter is a figure skater. Her personal interests include camping, hiking, skiing, and graphite portraiture. Kim has a side venture as the owner of a vodka distillery (see article here). Kim is a voracious reader, and her current reading interests are legal thrillers and historical fiction.

Kim’s passion for the law arises from her love of constitutional law, teaching and writing. While her dream would have been to be a philosophy professor, three generations of lawyers and judges in her family steered her away from that.

Kim loves her area of practice because of the wonderful people she is fortunate enough to work for. Few things in her professional life give her more joy than a well put together spreadsheet, a pile of tax returns, and a plan to help people in an unfortunate time of life to get to a better place.

Disclaimer

This website is intended to give general legal information about Colorado laws and the Colorado legal system as it pertains to family law, estate planning, bankruptcy, and probate.
The contents of this website do not constitute legal advice. You should not rely on this website to answer questions about your specific case. Every case is different.
This website should not take the place of getting legal advice from a competent Colorado attorney. By visiting this website, you are not a client of Willoughby & Associates.